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Sangam literature, sangam is also spelled cankam, chankam, or shangam, the eariest writings in the Tamil Language, thought to have been produced in three chankams, or literary academies, in Madurai, India, from the 1st to the 4th Century ce. The Tolkappiyam a book of grammer and rhetoric, and eight anthogies (Ettuttokai) of poetry were compiled- Ainkurunuru, Kuruntokai, Narrinai, Akananuru, Kalittokai, Patirruppattu, Paurananuru and Paripatal. A ninth anthology, Pattupattu, consists of 10 idylls that present a picture of early Tamil life.

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